AN OILCAN FOR HEAVY WORK.
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We have before ns--after it, has been put, to the test of about six weeks' service—an improved NA. 340 force-feed oilcan, manufactured by Joseph Kaye and Sons, Ltd., of Lock Works, Leeds. It haa a capacity of one pint and is kaartieularly substantial in construction, and, in consequence. is eminently suitable for use on a commercial motor vehicle. The. body is seamless, being a stamping from heavy-gauge igheet steel, the lip being given a serrated edge, so that the area over which the domed top can be soldered to the body is at least doubled, and a much soundei construction is provided The. spout is practically seamless, as itis double wrapped, and it is secured to the body', by a serrated sleeve, which, again, offers a greatly increased soldering area to spout and body. The handle is of solid steel, with a rounded hand-hold, and, being riveted to the body, is regarded as being practically indestructible, rhe filling orifice is of ample diameter---thus avoid. 529
ing a not uncommon fault in oilcans. The pump is well made, the bead of the plunger being set at an angle to the handle which malice it perfectly easy to operate. We find that it has ample force, and as the total length from the hand-hold to the tip of the spout is 1.5 ins., we have found that we can reach any moving part. on a heavy vehicle with ease and with the utmost comfort in operation. This large size of force-feed oilcan is listed at 6s. 9d. each. and is an item of equipment that can be "relight with confidence that it will do its work without developing leaks and will last almost indefinitely.
It is of interest' to note that Joseph Kaye and Sons, Ltd., have received the Admiralty contracts for their seamless oilcans of the valve type without a break since 1903, and that, during the war, they supplied that. branch of the Service with 70,000 oilcans, all with their detachable and interchangeable spouts, as well as over 100,000 spare spouts. This would go to show what confidence
i i reposed n the company's workmanship by the Admiralty,